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New Website for Historical Chagossian Records
…rritory in 1965. All records held by BIOTA of the births, marriages, and deaths that took place on the Chagos Archipelago between 1878 and 1971 have now been digitised to enable the Chagossian community and others who have an interest in the history of the Chagos Archipelago to access them. Users can use the website to search for a record. Images of birth records older than 100 years, marriage records older than 75 years, and death records older t…
Catlin Seaview Survey and Google Street View
…#remote-islands-of-the-world/sea-cow-island-british-indian-ocean-territory East Island https://www.google.com/maps/streetview/#remote-islands-of-the-world/east-island Petite Ile Bois Mangue This small island (9 ha) was designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International in 2004. They estimated that the island was home to over 12,000 breeding pairs of Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris). https://www.google.com/maps/streetview/#remote…
New 50p Turtles Commemorative Coin Series
From 15th August 2019, Pobjoy Mint began releasing a series of five 50p coins featuring sea turtles; the first ever British Indian Ocean Territory 50p commemorative coins. These were released approximately every 2-3 weeks until November 2019. The featured species, in order of release, are: Green Turtle (released 15th August 2019) Hawksbill Turtle (released 11th September 2019) Leatherback Turtle (released 7th October 2019) Loggerhead Turtle (re…
Appointment of New Commissioner for BIOT, Paul Candler.
We are pleased to announce the announcement of Paul Candler as HM Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). Paul Candler was appointed Director of Overseas Territories in June 2021. In that role, he holds office as Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory. Prior to joining FCDO, Paul was Director of International, Rights and Constitutional Policy at the Ministry of Justice, where hi…
Chagossian Heritage Visit Feb 2018
…of Chagossians and over the week-long stay included visits to Turtle Cove, East Point Plantation (which elicited emotional and happy memories for some of the group who were born on Diego Garcia), and a further church service at East Point Plantation. Those Chagossians who were born on the outer islands were given the opportunity to visit the outlying atolls of the Salomon Islands and Peros Banhos. They were able to visit the cemeteries on those is…
Mooring Site Plots
…dal of Peros Banhos (5º20’-5S 71º51’-0E) to the east of a line between the eastern extremities of Moresby Island and Fouquet Island and extended on the same azimuth to the territorial sea limit. Diego Garcia – Out of Bounds Unauthorised vessels or persons are not permitted to access this island and no unauthorised vessel is permitted to approach within 3 nautical miles. The following plots show where the permitted mooring sites are in BIOT. Salo…
BIOT Joins Pioneering Underwater Camera Network
…ions about protecting and managing these diverse ecosystems. This exciting new network builds on previous successful deployments of BRUVS in the Territory. In the 2019 Reef 1 expedition scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) deployed underwater cameras to create a data set representing the most comprehensive survey of reef sharks across the archipelago to date. In 2016 both the VAVAII and Pelagic expeditions deployed sim…